The Black History of the White House (71 page)

Convention of Colored Men, Johnson antagonism,
217

convict-leasing system, Du Bois perspective,
237

Conyers, John,
343
,
344

Cook, Cheryl,
467

Cook, John F.,
185

Cook, Vietta (White House chef),
83

Cooke, Sam,
300

Coolidge, Calvin (lynching, nonintervention),
252

coon shows, performing,
263

Cooper, Jesse (free/enslaved black),
119

Cooper, Nias (free/enslaved black),
119

Coors, Adolph,
343

Copland, Aaron,
265

Corea, Chick,
343

Corner Store
(Bethune),
161–162

Cortelyou, George Bruce,
227

Cosby, Bill (Nixon enemy),
310

Costigan-Wagner Anti-Lynching Bill (1935), Roosevelt support (absence),
249

Costin, John T.,
185

Cotton States and International Exposition.
See
Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition

Coulter, Ann (pro-McCarthy writer),
410

Council for Interracial Cooperation (CIC),
248

counterintelligence (COINTELPRO),
389

anti-Communist campaign (1956-1971),
309

black discredit/destruction attempts,
290

Black Panther surveillance,
420

Crandall, Reuben,
126

Crawford, Anthony,
258

Crawford, Thomas,
127

Crew, Spencer,
99

Crime Bill (1994),
323

criminal justice, racial disparities (continuation),
449–450

Crouch, Stanley,
344
,
441

Crow, James,
219
.
See also
Jim Crow

Crowell, Ramona,
383

Crowley, James,
462–463

Cuffee, Paul,
188

Custis, Daniel Parke,
37

estate, Washington reimbursement (absence),
46

Custis, G.W. Parke,
77

Custis, Martha (Washington marriage),
36

Czolgosz, Leon,
219–220

capture, Parker assistance,
220
,
222

 

Daley, Richard,
392

Daley Jr., Richard,
424

D'Amato, Alfonse,
158–159

Daniel (White House black carpenter),
104
,
108

Daniels, Ron,
381
,
396–399

NRC executive directorship,
397–398

support,
398–399

Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR),
263

whites-only policy,
264

Davis, Jefferson,
127
,
173–174

Davis, Miles,
384

Davis, Varina,
173–174

Davy (White House construction slave),
117

“Death of an Old Seaman” (Cohen),
265

Declaration of Independence,
56–64

drafting (Second Continental Congress),
58–59

early draft, rejected Jefferson clause,
60–61

Jefferson opening,
59–60
,
122

original draft,
57–58

racism, relationship,
35

slavery perspective,
63

symbolic power,
63–64

tone/content/purpose, struggle,
55–56

Virginia Declaration of Independence, contrast,
60

Whipple, signer,
44

writing/signing, black presence,
48

Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Race (UNIA),
349–350

Deep Impact,
408–409

Delany, Martin,
188
,
199

Liberia emigration,
189

Lincoln lobby,
204–205

de Lerma, Dominique-René,
156–157

democracy

U.S. Constitution, impact,
68

White House symbol,
18

Democracy Now!
(Goodman),
474

Democratic Leadership Council (DLC),
373

National Rainbow Coalition, rival,
373

Democratic National Convention (DNC)

controversy (1964),
385

Obama speech (2004),
428

Democratic Party

anti-black agenda, implementation,
238

black candidates,
365

Brown appointment,
325

defections,
182

McKinley (Cynthia) exit,
400

proporitional delegate distribution,
435

stress,
301

democratic postracial society,
33

democratic rebellion, race issues,
51

Department of Homeland Security, creation,
432

Department of Peace, creation (McKinley idea),
400

DePass, Rusty,
447

De Priest, Jessie Williams (Hoover tea invitiation problem),
230–231

De Priest, Oscar,
230
,
421

Deshler-Morris House,
98

Dickerson, Debra,
441

Dickinson, John,
64–65

Diggs, Charles,
396

Diggs, Judson (free black man), treachery,
138–139

Dinkins, David,
371–372

direct-action politics, launch,
279

discrimination, reduction (Obama opinion),
456–457

disenfranchisement, perpetuation,
70

District of Columbia Emancipation Act (1862),
128

disunion, rise,
131

Dixon, Thomas,
251

Dobbs, Lou,
380

Doing, Joshua (free/enslaved black),
119

Dolphy, Eric,
338

domestic slaves, manumission right,
41

domestic violence, suppression,
69

Donegan, Dorothy,
344

Douglas, Stephen,
166
,
173

ACS member,
148

campaign debates,
182

North Star,
188

Douglass, Fannie Howard,
262

Douglass, Frederick,
63–64
,
158
,
175
,
178

contradictions, examination,
202

death,
241

emergence,
203–204

Johnson antagonism,
217

leadership expansion,
242

Lincoln meeting,
198
,
205
,
207

Lincoln understanding, complexity,
209

mellowness,
208–209

mixed-race heritage,
417

opinion, Lincoln appreciation,
208

photograph,
200
,
261

Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society speech,
201–203

slavery,
199
,
201

violin, dedication,
260

Wells battle,
245

White House openness,
227–228

Douglass, John Thomas,
260

Douglass, Joseph Henry,
260–262

McKinley/Taft performances,
262

photograph,
261

Douglass, Kurt,
296

dower negroes,
42

dower slaves,
37

freedom,
46

Drayton, Daniel,
137

larceny charge,
139

Pearl
captain,
138

prison term,
140–141

slavery racism criticism,
140–141

Dreams from My Father
(Obama),
438–439
,
442–443

Dred Scott.
See
Scott

Dred Scott v. Sandford,
26

D'Rivera, Paquito,
346

Du Bois, W.E.B.

Atlanta Compromise,
223

black general strike,
26–27

criticism,
224–225

death,
287

education perspective,
240

Garvey, opposition,
353

mixed-race heritage,
417

Negro honesty,
248

Republican Party criticism,
231–232

Wells battle,
245

Dukakis, Michael,
312
,
320

defeat,
370

nomination,
371

Duncan, Todd,
265

Dunham, Stanley Ann,
439

Dunmore, Lord,
80

Durban Review Conference (Durban II), Obama attendance/participation refusal,
460

Dust Bowl drought, impact,
29

Duvall, Mary,
441

Dyer, Fred,
357

Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill

Harding, support (weakness),
250

support, absence,
249

Dyson, Michael Eric,
376

 

Easley, Alice,
418

Easley, Bolus/Mariah,
418

Eason, J.W.H.,
350
,
355–356

easter, egg-rolling tradition (initiation),
17

Echo from Dealey Plaza, The
(Bolden),
280

economic authority, resolution,
28–29

economic reparations, Freedman's Bank (impact),
28

Edmonson, Samuel,
136

Education Equality Project,
376

Edwards, G. Franklin,
139

Edwards, John,
445

Egerton, Douglas,
48–49
,
61
,
81

Eisenhower, Dwight,
232

Civil Rights era impact,
30–31

jazz diplomacy,
336

Jim Crow, impact,
29

King Jr./Granger/Randolph meeting,
275–276

Morrow, E. Frederic

appointment,
272–273

interaction,
271–278

photograph,
272

re-election,
275

Eldridge Cleaver for President Fund,
390

(Elizabeth)
free black shipment,
148

Ellicott III, Andrew,
112

Banneker, relationship,
120–121
,
124

wage payments,
114

Ellington, Duke,
333–334
,
384

Jazz Ambassador,
337–338

White House performance,
340–342

Ellington, James Edward (“J.E.”),
340

Emancipation Proclamation,
27

Greeley decision,
195

information, Lincoln distribution,
207

Lincoln, signing,
180–181
,
191

military dimension, undermining,
207

problem,
180–185

Emanuel, Rahm,
22

embryonic political cell,
96

Emerging Republican Majority, The
(Phillips),
312

Emerson, Eliza Irene,
172

Emerson, John,
162

England, political bonds, (dissolution),
59

enslaved blacks

dehumanized status, challenge,
69–70

electoral/political voice, absence,
70–71

importation, term,
73

rights (denial), Virginia Declaration of Rights (impact),
58

such Persons, term,
73

enslaved individuals, supply (U.S. Constitution guarantee),
71

enslaved people

capital construction involvement,
110–117

Franklin & Armfield, impact,
105

environmental hazards, racial disparities (continuation),
449–450

Epicurean Eating House,
125–126

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),
302

equality, organization (increase),
232–233

“Ernani, involami” (Verdi),
262

Espy, Mike,
323

“Ethiopia, Thou Land of Our Fathers” (anthem),
350

ethnic barriers, pushing,
298–299

ethnic cleansing plan,
184

Ethnic Studies,
20–21

Europe, capitalism (transition),
146–147

Europe, James Reese,
261–262

European Union, impact,
475

Evanti, Lillian,
265

Evers, Medgar (murder),
303

exclusion, black codes,
221

execrable commerce, condemnation,
62

Executive Mansion,
86

Executive Order 10925,
302

Executive Order 11063,
302

Ex-Slave Association

Justice Department/Post Office Department attacks,
359–360

objective,
358

ex-slaves, money (collection),
360

 

Fair Deal era

administration,
29

public policies, discrimination,
255

Fair Housing Act (1968),
307
,
317

Faneuil, Peter,
110

Faneuil Hall,
49
,
110

Farmer, James,
287

Farrakhan, Louis,
376
,
419–420

Fattah, Chaka,
99

Faubus, Orval,
275

Fauntroy, Michael,
376

Feagin, Joe,
444

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

COINTELPRO anti-Communist campain (1956-1971),
309

covert attacks, continuation,
309

monitoring,
302–303

Federalist Paper No. 54,
70

Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Black Land Fund (FSC),
468
,
470